Many visitors to the Mauritshuis are familiar with Adriaen Coorte’s bowl of strawberries. This small painting has long been a favorite of the public and inspired the Mauritshuis to stage an exhibition of the artist’s work in 2008. Adriaen Coorte was active as a still-life painter in Middelburg between about 1683 and 1707. His paintings are characterised by great simplicity and intimate compositions, often of fruit, vegetables or shells on a stone plinth and beautifully spotlighted against